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On Garbage, Parking
"There^s One Thing, Abe, About The Chief Justice Job
10—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., July 18, 1968
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Clinton City Council faced two
rather irate delegations last week
on two different subjects but both
were legitimate complaints.
Posey Watts Copeland protest
ed that he and contract hauler John
Rice were being charged a $25-per-
month fee to use the city landfil.
garbage dump but that others are
not being charged.
Council promised to look into
the matter and we hope they cent
up with a fair soluition. Perhuys '.re
fairest solution would be to y-t it
a per-load basis, as suggested o>
Copeland. if such a policy car. :e en
forced. It’s obviously not fair to
charge two men a tee arc. no:
charge others. It’s a.s; net tan to
charge a set fee. regard.ess n;«
many loads are hauled
The other delegation yr;tested
the unexpected distrin_ti;n So
parking tickets.
It’s true that yolicener nave
the authority to give tickets in tr.at
amount. However, policemen ens-
tomiraly had beer, giving 50-cert
parking penalty tickets and. witr.out
warning, the penalty jumped to S5.
The police authorities were
within their rights and the parking
laws must be enforced but some
hard feelings could have been avoid
ed with some advance public warn
ing.
Some consideration must be
given to public relations. Merchants
spend a great deal of money attract
ing shoppers to Clinton and natural-
RIGHT TO REFRAIN
Hold your hat, and don’t make
any election bets yet. What may be
one of the hottest issues of the cam
paign is about to hit he headlines,
and it is an issue that could polarize
public opinion sufficiently to influ
ence the entire election.
The issue is an old one with a
new twist. It is another phase of a
problem which you perhaps thought
was resolved in the 1966 campaigns,
Right to Work. No. this is not a re
newed attempt to repeal Section
14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. al
though Vice-President Humphrey re
cently renewed his call for such re-
pe^lju^speech in Milwaukee.
-fc af stak-e this time is a
“Right to Refrain’’ law for Federal
employees. The proposed legisla
tion would pass into law the lang
uage of an Executive Order issued in
1962 by then President John F. Ken
nedy, which said: “Employees of
the Federal Government shall
have, and shall be protected in the
exercise of, the right, freely and
without fear of penalty, or reprisal, to
form, join and assist any employee
organization or refrain from such
activity.’’
The big union bosses have been
wanting the “right to refrain’’ drop
ped. Since last September, one of
those committees that President
Johnson creates to look at every
problem, has been reviewing the
government’s policy in its labor rela
tions. It’s been reported that the
commission is going to recommend
dropping the “right to refrain,” thus
delivering 3,000,000 Federal e m-
ployees into the hands of the boss
es who could begin extracting “fees,”
—comparable to union membership
dues—each month. How big a war
chest would that put into the hands
of the labor bosses? Suppose the
“fees” were $3 a month per em
ployee? The take would be $9 mil
lion a month.
The bills have been introduced in
the Senate and in the House by al
most a score of sponsors in each.
They would bar the possibility of la
bor bosses realizing such a harvest in
event that President Johnson, or any
succeeding President, shall repeal
the Executive Order issued by Presi
dent Kennedy. If the bills are not
acted on in the present session, Reed
Larsen, Executive Vice-President of
the National Right To Work Com
mittee, has promised to take the is
sue of the voters by pressing every
Congressional and Presidential can
didate to make clear his position on
passage of the legislation.
Two years ago, 47 Congressmen
who opposed Right to Work went
down to defeat. The Federal Free
dom of Choice Act of 1968 may be
even more decisive. It is difficult to
see how any candidate or elected of
ficial Can oppose the bill. But some
will, because they are beholden to
the labor bosses.
ly it hurts to see hard feelings crop
up because of a lack of communica
tion.
Above the immed'.ate misunder
standing. merchant Ch ar.es Ruice
put his finger cr. tr.e cr.iv of the
problem, w r.er. "e sa c. A e should
go fur:“.er -avvg ...: vans tor
SWIMMING SEASON
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our countrv.
Tire record shows that most of
those who wil; drown are children
and adults who never learned to
swim. If past experience holds true,
more than half of the victims will be
under ten years of age. Most will
be boys.
There are precautions which
owners of pools, and supervisors
of youngsters at lakes and streams
and beaches may take. Most are so
elemental as to qualify as simple
common sense. But the paramount
precaution falls upon the shoulders
of the parents; it is—teach your
youngster to swim. Right this week,
or this month. And make the ability
to swim a condition for permitting
play in the water when you, the par
ent are not to be in attendance.
A youngster who is anxious to
join his or her friends in water
sports is a willing student, and can
be taught how to float and to swim
at an early age. The health bene
fits of swimming are too well known
to require repetition here, but the
survival benefits are more important
and definitely more urgent. And
it’s the responsibility of the parent
to see that his youngster learns.
Part of the teaching process is in
struction in deportment in or near
the water, too. No roughhousing;
no pranks, no pushing or shoving,
and no swimming right after meals,
thus inviting cramps. And most im
portant: no swimming alone, ever.
There must be a companion, and one
who can swim.
Probably there are some parents
who read these lines who have never
learned to float and to swim. We
can't think of any companionship
they they could share with their
youngsters which would be more re
warding than to learn to swim with
them. The peace of mind in know
ing that tragedy won’t strike the
family should be enough reward;
but the fun of learning to swim will
be a big bonus.
A few hours’ time spent teaching
a child to swim may save many
hours of anguish if tragedy wade?
into the w’ater.
Sales Tax Increase
Discussed For S
BY THE CHRONICLE’S
Capitol News Bureau
COLUMBIA - Increasing the
South Carolina State Sales Tax
from three to four percent is
undergoing discussion here.
State Tax Commission Chair
man Robert Wasson says the
legislature should increase the
sales tax and estimates the addi
tional revenue would be $35
million.
This state’s original three per
cent sales tax was inaugurated
under Governor JamesF. Byrnes
to raise money to build schools.
Gov. Byrnes foresaw that the
United states Supreme Court
would take action in the matter
of school desegregation.
The original sales tax mea
sure, to be temporary, is today
simply another tax; one easier to
add to than to dispense with.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
ERNEST F. HOUJNOS
REPORTS
TO SOUTH CAROLINA
IN DEFENSE OF DEFENSE
t;
In Him all things were cre
ated, in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible.
—(Col. 1:16).
To identify ourselves with
God, to know that within us is
the fullness of His love and
wisdom, is to begin to feel a
release from all the burdens
of life. Our needs are fulfilled
as we live in the realization
of our oneness with God. The
answer to our desires for life
begin to reveal themselves.
“Many a man who neglects his friends to
make a name for himself is surprised when
his friends tell him what the name Is. .
- Dale Holdridge, The Langford (S. D.) Bogie.
At the turn of the century,
George Santayana said that
those who disregard the les
sons of history are doomed to
repeat them. And for five
days’ debate over whether or
no* to deploy an anti-ballistic
missile defense, it appeared
the Senate was doomed.
On December 6, 1941, diplo
mats of a “peaceful’’ nation
assured President Roosevelt
that he should have no fear—
Japan's only interest was
peace. And on December 7—
Pearl Harbor. In the late
forties the President’s Scien
tific Advisory Committee un
animously recommended that
we not develop the hydrogen
bomb because it wouldn’t work
and it would only trigger the
Russians to building one. Dr.
Edward Teller convinced
President Truman otherwise.
We built it only to learn later
that the Russians had been
attempting to develop a bomb
long before we started. And
then there was the nuclear
sub. Again, it wouldn’t work
and we shouldn’t build it. But
Captain Rickover’s quiet per
sistence overcame and today
it is our first line of defense.
Later, scientists and hopeful
politicians persuaded Presi
dent Eisenhower to agree to
an uninspected moratorium on
nuclear testing. They said this
would encourage the Soviets to
ease up on nuclear research
and the mutual de-escalation
would make peace in the world
more secure. The Russians re
sponded with a crash program
in secret, and the nuclear ex
plosion in August 1962 elimi
nated our five-year lead in
nuclear weaponry. Then in the
early sixties Secretary Me
Namara announced a cutback
on the production of uranium
and a closing down of spjne of
our reactors. This unilateral
disarmament again was to en
courage the Soviets to disarm.
Instead, they stepped up pro
duction of uranium. And in
disregard of the Outer Space
Treaty, Russia developed frac
tional orbiting, cutting down
our warning time from 16
minutes to 3 minutes. To our
stopping production of ICBM’s
at 1,054, the Soviet last year
doubled their production. Sen
a tor Ruasell stated that here
tofore he was always able to
aaaure the Senate of the su
periority of the United States
in strategic miaailea. For the
first thne he could not give
this assurance. But once again
the cry—it won’t work; we
can’t afford it; it will only
trigger an arms race; and if
we will be peaceful, they will
be peaceful. Testing thus far
indicates our Sentinel ABM
system will work. The Rus
sians think theirs works, and
the strongest opponent of an
anti-ballistic missile system,
Secretary McNamara, stated
that a thin line ABM would
save at least 2fi million Ameri
can lives from an all-out So
viet attack. Since when have
we adopted the principle that
if you can't save all, you
mustn’t save any? We spend
$3 billion in welfare payments
to sustain 7 million Americans
each year, but don't want to
spend $5 billion to save the
lives of at least 20 million
Americans. We spend $5 bil
lion every two months to give
freedom to the South Viet
namese, but don’t want to
spend two months cost of the
Vietnam war to make America
and the world safe. Russia has
had in place an ABM for 6
years. After 12 years of re
search, we have yet to con
struct. Who’s racing? And
where do we get the idea that
Russia could disarm if it
wanted to? China threatening
on her flank every day would
cause Russia to arm, regard
less of the action of the United
States. And don’t think for a
minute that the Soviet has
changed from her holy mission
of converting the world to
Communism. Yesterday she
imposed further restrictions
on traffic between West Berlin
and West Germany, reopening
the Berlin crisis. She has re
armed the Arab world and
supports the open interven
tion in Yemen and Arabia.
She has expanded her Navy
in the Mediterranean, the Per
sian Gulf, and now in the In
dian Ocean. And 85'7, of the
weaponry and supplies that
have killed 25,000 Americans
and wounded 160,000 others
are Soviet made and Soviet
delivered. Where is the de
tente and the peace?
While France still tries,
China has exploded her hydro
gen bomb. Time i« running out.
President Kennedy said we
must not fear to negotiate—
but he added we must not ne
gotiate out of fear. And we
must not fear to defend our
selves because it will take
from the poor or delay domes
tic programs. Before a society
can be great, it first must be
free.
SENATOR
STRO
HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
A NEW NUCLEAR TREATY
The South Carolina State Bud
get for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1969, is some $421
million. The legislature has also
passes a $32.5 million bond bill.
The budget as presented to the
General Assembly was a 939-
page book that shows an almost
21 percent jump between this
year’s and last year’s state bud
get.
And the legislators will return
to the next session to hear more
pay raise demands from teachers
and state employes and from
agencies seeking larger budgets
of their own. Thus comes about
the thinking that increasing the
sales tax would be feasible.
South Carolina’s State Budget
is prepared by the Executive
Branch of our government with
specific approval to be granted
in the General Assembly by the
House of Representatives.
The standing committee in the
House for the review and approval
of the budget is composed of
27 members who depend heavily
on the recommendations of the
State Budget and Control Board
in what they present to the full
House.
The ex-officio members of the
Budget and Control Boardarethe
Governor, State Treasurer Grady
Patterson, Comptroller General
Henry Mills, Chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee Sen.
Edgr-r Brown and Chairman of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee Rep. R. J. Aycock.
President Johnson regards
the signing of the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty as a great
achievement in diplomacy
However, the pact deprives the
United States of a defense op
tion which could be critical to
our survival. Before the treaty
can take effect it must be
scrutinized by the U S. Senate,
and ratified only if it contains
positive advantages for our own
security. In actuality, the
treaty appears to be detri
mental to our security.
The purpose of the treaty
avowedly is to prevent the
capability for making and using
nuclear weapons from falling
into the hands of the non-nu
clear [lowers Five nations now
have that capability. Propo
nents of the treaty allege that
any proliferation of this nuclear
club would be a threat to world
peace
NECESSARY DEFENSE
The Administration appar
ently overlooks the fact that
our own security may some day
depend upon selective prolifera
tion that is, it may he neces
sary to arm our allies as part
of our own defense
For example, an anti-ballls
tic missile defense system de
ployed in Germany would give
us quicker warning and protec
tion, as well as providing for
the defense of Europe from
Soviet attack. Technological
developments make it possible
to insure that such a European
ABM 5 could never be used for
any purpose except the deter
rence of Communist afjgres
sion. Such a defense would be
a greater contribution to
guarantee oj peace than all of
the hazy rhetoric of a non-pro
liferation pact.
Another drawback is that
the treaty makes no provision
for adequate inspection safe
guards We would have no way
to make certain that the So
viets do not arm their satel
lites. The treaty contains only
a promise to negotiate safe
guards six months after th"
treaty goes into effect There
is no guarantee that the safe
guards finally agreed upon will
be adequate, or even that an
agreement will be reached.
NATO DANGER
A third iproblem is, that the
treaty^'^Tmearferts ’ ttr ’brtak '’tifi
NATO. If Germany signs, Ger
many would not be able to de
fend herself. The NATO agree
ment comes up for renegotia
tion next year, but the non
proliferation treaty lasts for 25
years. Germany, presently the
European bulwark of NATO, is
afraid she will be left out on
limb, and has so far refused
to sign.
In fact, the other nations
most critical to the success of
the treaty, both nuclear and
non-nuclear nations, have also
refused to sign. France is
staying out, and so is Red
China, among the nuclear
powers. Red China’s refusal
makes it possible for collusion
between I’eking and Moscow
to develop and test new weap
ons. Although relations b^
tween the two Conununist
giants appear strained today,
ilmost everyone expects a new
regime in Peking within a few
\ears at most.
Besides Germany, the signi
ficant non-nuclear nations
which have refused to sign are
apan. India, and Israel. These
aie the nations which presum
ably have the scientific and
economic capability to produce
nuclear weapons if they choose
They are also nations which
believe they have real grounds
to fear neighboring aggression
They regard the promise of
United Nations Security Coun
cil protection against aggres
sion as an empty gesture not
to Ik- measured against their
own security
3 MONTHS’ NOTICE
Finally, the treaty provides
for unilateral withdrawal from
the agreement by giving three
months’ notice It may be that
the United States itself will
have to make use of this pro
vision But nothing would pre
vent the Soviet Union from in
tensive development and even
deployment of the basic com
ponents of weapons systems,
minus nuclear warheads, be
fore breaking the treaty, or at
be^t giving three months'
notice.
Since the ratification of the
Outer Space Treaty last year,
the Soviets have hastened de
velopment of the Ho-ealled
Fractional Orbital Bomb Sys
tem. and perhaps even a full
orbital system. Yet they claim
to be in technical compliance
with the Space treaty.
We must never forget that
for the Soviets a treaty is
nothing but a scrap of paper.
They exploit the good faith of
the. United .States to retard
Wr'wtMpons development, after
they have reached their own
desired stage of achievement.
The Senate must not make the
mistake of ratifying the Non-
Proliferation Treaty.
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1 he Old 1u7rm
“A silver-tongued orator
often forgets that silence is
golden.”
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“Automation hasn’t cut out
red tape, it merely perforated
it!’’—Homer Bridgeman, The
Baylis (111.) Guide.
“It’s usually the weak
threads in your fibre that
people want to jerk and pull “
—Marie Phelps, The Harris
burg (Ore.) Bulletin.
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